The Constitution.

NB: it is proposed that the clauses relating to the officers of the organisation, and to the nature of the business meeting will be amended in 2019, to reflect the current working structure of the organisation.

For the period 2016 to 2020 officers will be elected once a year. In 2020 the Business Meeting will consider creating longer terms and restricted terms for the stabilisation of the organisation, and consider the move to a member’s ballot.

2016 Officers:

Chair (for this period maintains membership)

Treasurer

Hotel Liason

Programme

Mailing List

Web Manager

2017 the above and as decided.

Officers from 2017 onwards should have attended at least one conference.

The Treasurer must be located in the UK and have Right to Remain or citizenship.

The initial constitution will be ratified in 2017 with 60% of the attendees at the meeting.

Further changes to the constitution must be submitted to the chair one week before the Business meeting to allow them to be distributed to the membership. They must receive 60% approval of the year’s registered members.

In the event of no conference being held in two successive years, and no alternate activity having been chosen deliberately by the membership to replace this, the organisation will be laid down.

who is entitled to make this decision: the Committee or in the absence of a functioning committee, the Chair and Treasurer.

how much notice is needed—six months; all members must be informed in advance and with the time available to organise a qualifying event.

what would happen to any money and assets still held by the group:

any assets held by the group at this time up to £4k should be donated to the Department of English and Media (or its successor) at Anglia Ruskin University. This is has been chosen in recognition of the seed money the organisation received from ARU in its first three years.